December, 2015 news
December 22nd, 2015
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Joaquín Goyache awarded the Military Merit Cross
The white decoration is awarded in recognition of teacher's distinguished merit and services related education in the defense
Joaquín Goyache, former Vice Chancellor of the Complutense University of Madrid and current VISAVET researcher today has been awarded with the Cross of Military Merit with white decoration.…
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December 17th, 2015
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Detección, caracterización y análisis funcional de la complejidad clonal en la tuberculosis humana y bovina
Yurena Navarro García defended the PhD Thesis at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid
Genotyping tools in tuberculosis were initially developed for epidemiological studies. However, they have also made it possible to reveal the existence of clonally complex infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis), thus calling into question the assumption that each episode of tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a single strain. Coinfection by more than one strain (mixed infection) or simultaneous presence of clonal variants (polyclonal infection) were described. Heterogeneous distribution of strains or clonal variants in different infected tissues (co…
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December 15th, 2015
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Estudio de la presencia de Nematodos Anisákidos en distintas especies acuícolas producidas en el litoral español
PhD Thesis defense by Jordi Lopez Ramon at the Valencia Polytechnic University
El principal objetivo de este trabajo ha sido la determinación de la presencia o ausencia de nematodos anisákidos en pescado proveniente de la acuicultura del litoral español.
Para el estudio se han utilizado diferentes técnicas de detección: visualización directa, digestión ácida y visualización con UV. Se han estudiado un total de 4.080 muestras de pescados procedentes de granjas del litoral español en un estudio dividido en dos fases. También se ha realizado un estudio para la determinación de la presencia de nematodos anisákidos en pescado procedente de la pesca extractiva de la Comunitat…
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December 15th, 2015
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Entrevista exclusiva al Coronel Luis Martín Otero (Coordinador de La Red Española de Laboratorios de Alerta Biológica, RE-LAB)
Interview in La Tribuna del País Vasco of La Tribuna del País Vasco
December 15th, 2015
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Grado de Biología (UCM)
Communications in this event:
- Visita al Centro VISAVET. Asignatura de Microbiología
- Campylobacter. Asignatura de Microbiología
- Micobacterias y Bioseguridad en el Laboratorio. Asignatura de Microbiología
December 15th, 2015
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Tuberculosis, lo que el ojo no ve, contagio, diagnóstico. Intradermo tuberculinización. Gamma interferon, falsos negativos, falsos positivos, animales no reaccionantes. La Tuberculosis en cabras.
Oral communication in I Jornada Ganadera ADSG Atienza-Sierra de Pela
December 11st, 2015
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Gestión y Evaluación de la Investigación
Oral communication in Máster en Microbiología y Parasitología: I+D
December 10th, 2015
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Curso de Formación en los aspectos teóricos, prácticos y de base legal en el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis bovina. XXXVIII edition
Communications in this event:
- Laboratorio Europeo de Referencia de Tuberculosis Bovina
- Aplicación práctica de la base de datos mycoDB.es
- Interferencia diagnóstica en la tuberculosis. Estudios de sensibilidad y especificidad
December 8th, 2015
Workshop on Accelerating Bovine TB Control in Developing Countries
VISAVET participated in this event
December 6th, 2015
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Entrevista al Coronel Luis Martín Otero (Coordinador de La Red Española de Laboratorios de Alerta Biológica, RE-LAB) en "Fin de Semana". Amenazas biológicas globales
Interview in Fin de Semana of Cope
December 4th, 2015
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EU-RL for Bovine Tuberculosis Workshop. Edición V
Communications in this event:
- EU-RL website and mbovisEU.org
- Comparative Test to evaluate the Spoligotyping technique
- Biological Potency of bovine tuberculin Comparative Test
- Biological potency of bovine tuberculin: an introduction
- Introduction, objective and discussion
- EU-RL presentation & Work-programme
December 3rd, 2015
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El Mar y la Ciencia. Introducción
Conference in Jornadas por un Pacto por el Mar Menor
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- ¿Tiene salvación el Mar Menor? - La crónica del pajarito
December 2nd, 2015
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Entrevista al Coronel Luis Martín Otero (Coordinador de La Red Española de Laboratorios de Alerta Biológica, RE-LAB) en "Hoy Madrid"
Interview in Hoy Madrid of Onda Madrid
December 1st, 2015
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Efficacy of a typing scheme for campylobacter based on the combination of true and questionable CRISPR
Journal of microbiological methods publish this investigation article
This study evaluates an improved scheme for Campylobacter genotyping based on the combination of true and questionable CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) elements. A total of 180 Campylobacter strains (C. jejuni n = 93 and C. coli n = 87), isolated from neck skin and caecal content of broilers, poultry meat and sewage water were analysed. Another 97 C. jejuni DNA samples from cases of human campylobacteriosis were assessed. Sixty-three genotypes were found in C. jejuni considering only true CRISPR, and 16 additional genotypes were identified when questionable CR…
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December 1st, 2015
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Pelistega suis sp. nov., isolated from domestic and wild animals
Investigation published in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Biochemical and molecular genetic studies were performed on three novel Gram-stain-negative, catalase, oxidase-positive bacilli-shaped organisms isolated from tonsils of two pigs and one wild boar. The microorganism was identified as a species associated with the genus Pelistega based on its cellular morphological and biochemical tests. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities, isolates were most closely related to Pelistega indica (98.2%). groEL and gyrB sequence analysis showed interspecies divergence from its closest 16S rRNA phylogenetic relative, P. indica of 87.0% and 69%, res…
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December 1st, 2015
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First Detection of Antibodies Against African Swine Fever Virus in Faeces Samples
Investigation article published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
African swine fever (ASF) is a viral, highly lethal haemorrhagic disease of swine with no available vaccine or effective treatment. Introduction of ASF into a country triggers immediate restriction measures that cause significant economic losses and threatens spread to neighbouring countries. Wild boar populations have been recently assigned an essential role in the spread of African swine fever virus (ASFV) to European countries. Therefore, effective surveillance and monitoring of wild boar populations is required, but sampling wild boar is logistically challenging and expensive. This study a…
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December 1st, 2015
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Experimental Transmission of African Swine Fever (ASF) Low Virulent Isolate NH/P68 by Surviving Pigs
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases publish this investigation article
African swine fever (ASF) has persisted in Eastern Europe since 2007, and two endemic zones have been identified in the central and southern parts of the Russian Federation. Moderate- to low-virulent ASF virus isolates are known to circulate in endemic ASF-affected regions. To improve our knowledge of virus transmission in animals recovered from ASF virus infection, an experimental in vivo study was carried out. Four domestic pigs were inoculated with the NH/P68 ASF virus, previously characterized to develop a chronic form of ASF. Two additional in-contact pigs were introduced at 72 days post-…
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December 1st, 2015
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Evaluation of the immunogenicity and diagnostic interference caused by M. tuberculosis SO2 vaccination against tuberculosis in goats
Investigation article published in Research in Veterinary Science
The immunogenicity and diagnostic interference caused by M. tuberculosis SO2, a prototype vaccine first time tested in goats was evaluated. Tuberculosis-free goats were distributed in four groups: [1], non-vaccinated; [2], subcutaneously (SC) BCG vaccinated; [3], intranasally (IN) SO2 vaccinated and [4], SC SO2 vaccinated. Intradermal tuberculin and IFN-γ tests using PPDs and alternative antigenic cocktails containing mainly ESAT-6 and CFP-10 (E/C) were applied at different times post-vaccination. Results showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the number of reactors detected using bo…
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December 1st, 2015
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Detection of mycobacterial DNA by a specific and simple lateral flow assay incorporating cadmium selenide quantum dots
Investigation article published in Molecular and cellular probes
Cadmium selenide quantum dots have been incorporated to a lateral flow assay for the specific and very simple detection of different mycobacterial DNA targets within only a few minutes, bypassing the complexity of conventional DNA hybridization assays. The method extends our previous work on protein detection using an identical procedure…
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